Getting Here

The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition takes place in front of Toronto City Hall at Nathan Phillips Square, at the corner of Bay Street and Queen Street, in downtown Toronto.

Nathan Phillips Square - 100 Queen St. West, Toronto ON M5H 2N2

via TTC

From the West via Subway

Get off at Osgoode Station, walk east

From the East via Subway

Get off at Queen Station, walk west

via Streetcar from anywhere

501-Queen - get off at Bay St
504-King - get off at Bay St, walk north to Queen
505-Dundas - get off at Chestnut St, walk south to Nathan Phillips Square
506-College/Gerrard - get off at Bay St, walk south to Queen St

via GO Transit

Nathan Phillips Square is a short walk north from Union Station along Bay St.

via Car

From London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge,

Brampton, Mississauga, and points north and west

Take 401 East to 427 South.
Merge onto Gardiner Expressway east.
Exit Bay St, drive north to Queen St.

From Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Ancaster, Burlington,

Oakville, Mississauga and points south and west

Take QEW East to the Gardiner Expressway.
Exit Bay St, drive north to Queen St

From Kingston, Greater Napanee, Belleville,

Coburg, Oshawa, Whitby, and points north and east

Take 401 West to the Don Valley Parkway south.
Exit Richmond St.
Turn right onto Church St.
Turn left onto Queen St

Public Funders

Awards Supporters

Exhibition Sponsors

Media Partners

Honourable Mention & In-Kind Supporters

Community Partners

Our Mission

The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is Canada's largest, longest running juried contemporary outdoor art fair. Founded in 1961, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition was established to nurture artistic excellence and artists’ entrepreneurial spirit, and to showcase contemporary art to the general public. This free public event showcases works by over 320 contemporary visual artists and makers, ranging in medium from painting, photography, and mixed media to jewellery and ceramics, and attracts 100,000 visitors each year to Nathan Phillips Square.